diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index cd9dbacd5..de1685ea5 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -750,6 +750,14 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         expect(editor.gutter.find('.line-number:eq(3)').text()).toBe '4'
         expect(editor.gutter.find('.line-number:eq(4)').text()).toBe '6'
 
+      it "redraws gutter numbers when lines are unfolded", ->
+        setEditorHeightInLines(editor, 20)
+        fold = editor.createFold(2, 12)
+        expect(editor.gutter.find('.line-number').length).toBe 3
+
+        fold.destroy()
+        expect(editor.gutter.find('.line-number').length).toBe 13
+
     describe "when the scrollView is scrolled to the right", ->
       it "adds a drop shadow to the gutter", ->
         editor.attachToDom()
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index a67e18970..b5302e9b4 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -449,15 +449,13 @@ class Editor extends View
     @compositeCursor.updateBufferPosition() unless e.bufferChanged
 
     if @attached
-      firstVisibleScreenRow = @getFirstVisibleScreenRow()
-      lastVisibleScreenRow = @getLastVisibleScreenRow()
-
-      maxEndRow = Math.max(lastVisibleScreenRow + @lineOverdraw, @lastRenderedScreenRow)
-      @gutter.renderLineNumbers(@firstRenderedScreenRow, maxEndRow) if e.lineNumbersChanged
       @verticalScrollbarContent.height(@lineHeight * @screenLineCount())
 
       return if oldScreenRange.start.row > @lastRenderedScreenRow
 
+      maxEndRow = Math.max(@getLastVisibleScreenRow() + @lineOverdraw, @lastRenderedScreenRow)
+      @gutter.renderLineNumbers(@firstRenderedScreenRow, maxEndRow) if e.lineNumbersChanged
+
       newScreenRange = newScreenRange.copy()
       oldScreenRange = oldScreenRange.copy()
       endOfShortestRange = Math.min(oldScreenRange.end.row, newScreenRange.end.row)